When asked how he felt about the “Uncle Denzel” memes, he cleverly replied, “If I had my wallet I’d show it you. Because they didn’t know what I was doing. They don’t need to know. Those who can do, do. Those who can’t, talk about those who can.” Damn right.

If there’s one thing Denzel knows how to do, it’s live the life of your dreams. The actor delivered a powerful message to a group of up and coming theater artists in the clip above about how dreams are attainable if you set goals – and you can’t achieve goals without discipline and consistency. “Dreams without goals remains just dreams,” he says. A must watch!

God’s Grace

While delivering the commencement speech at Dillard University in May 2015, the Academy Award-winner stressed the importance of putting God first. He told the crowd that “everything that you think I have, and I have a few things, is by the grace of God.” Denzel went on to tell the story of how he nearly flunked out of college until God’s grace changed his life. Check out the motivational clip above.

Truth & Dishonesty

In this day and age of misinformation and click bait, the Fences director dropped a few gems on an interviewer who asked about false news reports, specifically during the 2016 Presidential Election. Denzel’s response couldn’t have been any more spot-on.

Uncle Denzel is like a library of knowledge. There’s not a topic in life the legendary actor doesn’t have an opinion on. During promo for his film The Equalizer, Denzel dropped the most profound advice any person could give: “Keep it simple.”